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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 35-38.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the current residency requirement for citizenship?
(a) 4 years residence.
(b) American birth.
(c) 10 years residence.
(d) 7 years residence.

2. What opinion bolstered Mr. Sherman's view about where election should take place?
(a) He believed that the populace could be misled.
(b) He believed that people could be trusted with self-governance.
(c) He believed in a strong democracy.
(d) He believed that small states needed equal representation.

3. What did the delegates debate concerning state laws?
(a) Whether the federal government could control state laws.
(b) Whether state laws could govern inter-state trade.
(c) Whether state laws could set precedent for federal laws.
(d) Whether the states could allow the death penalty.

4. What did the draft of the Constitution contain concerning slavery?
(a) The draft prevented a tax or prohibition on slavery.
(b) The draft did not mention slavery explicitly.
(c) The draft outlawed the importation of slaves.
(d) The draft outlawed the domestic slave trade.

5. What theory was flourishing in the 1770s in America?
(a) The theory of free trade and open markets.
(b) The theory of intelligent design.
(c) The theory of evolution.
(d) The theory of institutional design.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Massachusetts propose in its ratification process?

2. What did James Madison argue with relation to the New Jersey Plan?

3. Why did delegates argue that Senators should be elected in state legislatures?

4. How did Patrick Henry describe fear?

5. What did Mr. Paterson argue about the New Jersey Plan?

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